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Author Archives: Bob Ruggiero
John Kay: A Wolf Goes Solo…and Acoustic!
Note: This article references a livestream/taped concert from last year. John Kay’s voice is one of classic rock’s most distinctive. As the lead singer/rhythm guitarist for Steppenwolf, his gravelly, powerful tone drives their best known songs like “Magic Carpet Ride,” … Continue reading
Rob Halford of Judas Priest Confesses Everything. EVERYTHING.
Confess: The Autobiography by Rob Halford 368 pp., $30, Hachette Books For much of the 1970’s and ‘80s, even as he was fronting Judas Priest, one of the most popular, loved, and revered heavy metal bands of all time, lead … Continue reading
Jimi Hendrix: Where the Wild Thing Was
Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix By Philip Norman 400 pp., $28.95, Liverlight Publications When veteran music journalist Philip Norman turns his attention to a musician, the word “definitive” is not an understatement. For while many of … Continue reading
Vanilla Fudge Goes Sweet on Led Zeppelin
One of Quentin Tarantino’s gifts as a filmmaker is to take a popular song of the ‘60s or ‘70s and use it really amplify a sequence. Think of the offbeat choice of Stealer’s Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle with You” … Continue reading
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Tagged Carmine Appice, Led Zeppelin, Mark Stein, Pete Bremy, Vanilla Fudge, Vince Martell
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America’s Book of History
If you’re a fan of the band America – the trio behind the classic rock warhorses as, well, “A Horse with No Name” along with “Sister Golden Hair,” “Ventura Highway,” “Tin Man,” “Lonely People,” “Sandman,” “I Need You,” and “You … Continue reading
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Chris Frantz Remembers Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, and – of course – Tina!
Chris Frantz remembers very vividly the first time he ever laid eyes upon one Martina Weymouth. It was September of 1971, and was lounging on a grassy park with a fellow student at the Rhode Island School of Design. When … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Talking Heads
Tagged Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club
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Peter Frampton Shows the Way to His Past in Memoir
Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir By Peter Frampton with Alan Light 352 pp., $28, Hachette Books If rock star careers were measured in terms of their level of roller coaster-ness, then Peter Frampton’s would be a ride … Continue reading
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